Embraer E195-E2 achieves first flight ahead of schedule

The Embraer E195-E2, the largest next-generation E-Jet variant, has completed its first flight from São José dos Campos, Brazil.
The maiden flight occurred 22 days after the first prototype E195-E2 rolled out and was more than three months ahead of schedule. The aircraft’s first flight had been targeted for the second half of 2017, though Embraer Commercial Aviation president and CEO John Slattery told ATW earlier in March that he “would not be ...

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